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The Singapore Airlines group picked up two awards; best regional airline for subsidiary Silk Air and best long haul airline based in Asia/Pacific. Cathay Pacific picked up best business class.

In other regions in the low cost airline sector, the panel selected JetBlue for the Americas, Norwegian in Europe and flydubai for the Middle-East/Africa. The editors noted that these three airlines and Jetstar in Asia are clear industry leaders in innovation and bringing people together.

For excellence in long haul the panel selected Air Canada for the Americas, Swiss International for Europe as well as Emirates for the Middle-East/Africa and Singapore Airlines for Asia/Pacific.

Last week AirlineRatings.com announced its top airlines for safety with Qantas first, Air New Zealand second and Emirates third.